Henry James Short was born in June 1917 in Orsett, Essex, his father Henry J 29 and his mother Alice Cobb was 25.
Driver Henry Short of Kent Road Grays was killed in a road accident at Aldershot on 1st March 1941.
He was riding a motor cycle on Military business for the Royal Army Service Corps, when he was involved in a collision with another Military vehicle, and he died from his injuries. (Army No 155663)
He had worked at East Tilbury for 18 months before enlisting for Military Service in October 1939 and was barely 24 when he died.
He is buried in the Aldershot Military Cemetery.
Henry James Short
